{"id":67981,"date":"2025-12-15T11:49:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=67981"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:43:31","slug":"so-uptown-dubai-festive-fabulous","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/so-uptown-dubai-festive-fabulous\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SO\/ Uptown Dubai Is Where You&#8217;ll Find The GRAZIA Team Spending Our Festive Season This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_68034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68034\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai.png\" alt=\"SOUptown Dubai\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai.png 1280w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai-155x87.png 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/SOUptown-Dubai-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This festive season <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/so-uptown-dubai-review\/\">SO\/ Uptown Dubai<\/a> is firmly on the GRAZIA team&#8217;s must-visit list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opting to skip the overdone baubles and tinsel that have seen better days, the property has opted for a setting that shines with a refined polish. The space is lined with sculptural ornaments, golden tones, and installations that could be in an art gallery, borderline transforming the hotel into a seasonal issue of a high-fashion magazine, which doubles as the best backdrop for a holiday Instagram post. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the seasonal <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">setting has left you wanting to book a stay, then you&#8217;ll be glad to know that t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he rooms and suites keep that luxe holiday spirit going. The rooms feature gold-centred colour palettes and stylish interiors with glittering accents that pay homage to the season, minus the typical cheesiness, keeping things elegant and sophisticated in that classic SO\/ Uptown manner.<\/span><\/p>\n        <blockquote class=\"instagram-media \" style=\"background: #ffffff;border: 0;margin: 1px;width: 100%;padding: 0;\"  data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRTpuWvj5DS\/?hl=en\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>The celebrations come with food to complement the surroundings. The hotel&#8217;s sleek pan-Asian restaurant, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citronelle, serves festive classics at the acclaimed Tiger evening brunch on December 26 and December 31. There&#8217;s also a convenient takeaway option that brings the best of the mains straight to your table at home, which is ideal if you&#8217;re hosting. We&#8217;d recommend the signature roasted duck by Chef Yu Lin, marinated with 13 select spices that come together to create a succulent dish that is sure to have your guests begging for a copy of the recipe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brasserie Uptown, meanwhile, serves up a French-inspired Yuletide Brunch on Christmas Day, and Savant, the hotel\u2019s cocktail bar, takes winter staples like cinnamon, nutmeg, and chocolate and weaves them into a selection of drinks that&#8217;ll make you feel all types of warm and fuzzy while ringing in the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68003\" style=\"width: 1993px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68003\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1993\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-scaled.jpg 1993w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-1196x1536.jpg 1196w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-1595x2048.jpg 1595w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-400x514.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-155x199.jpg 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/12\/PRO_0512-1-150x193.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1993px) 100vw, 1993px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The food, the ambience, and the elegant interpretation of holiday cheer make <a href=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/so-uptowndubai\/adqv\/#p=1\" target=\"_blank\">SO\/ Uptown Dubai&#8217;s festive season<\/a> one you don&#8217;t want to miss. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you feel like experiencing an elevated, chic day out that feels like you&#8217;re living in a Christmas episode of <em>Emily in Paris <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this year, the hotel is definitely on our top five list of places to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/so-hotels.com\/en\/offers\/?filter-location=&amp;filter-properties=\" target=\"_blank\">so-hotels.com\/en<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31739,"featured_media":68034,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[260,225],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - 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